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The following publications are not available in most commercial bookstores, because what the authors have to say makes the rich and powerful uncomfortable. To order, try your nearest progressive bookstore, contact the publishers directly, or write to La Breche, 9 rue de Tunis, 75011 Paris, France tel. (+33 1) 43 67 63 57 fax 43 79 29 61 (English, French and Spanish spoken). Where no price is given, we suggest you enclose a donation of US$ 10 in any convertible currency to cover the postage costs of the publisher Not in Their Best Interest Report on the repatriation of Haitian refugee children Florida Rural Legal Services (FRLS), April 1985, 30 pages In spite of widespread criticism, US officials forcibly repatriated another 24 Haitian children from the US base at Guantanamo, Cuba on May 16 Over 350 unaccompanied minors have been languishing in prison-like conditions at the camp for almost a year. According to the Florida Rural Legal Services (FRLS), which has been monitoring the children and fighting for their release to relatives in the us, in some cases their parents, US officials have systematically done everything possible to avoid letting them in, even retusing to reunite children with their mothers. To assure the child's transfer to Haiti, in some cases, officials have claimed a father is waiting, when he is actually dead. In others, the youth are released to 'responsible adults who soon leave them on the streets. In many others, the "caretakers" do not have adequate income to provide care. Some relatives in Haiti have been coerced into writing "invitations" to return. Officials even purposefully waited for one child to turn 18, to repatriate him as an "aduit." "Although the US Government claims to be acting in the 'best interests' of Guantanamo's unaccompanied Haitian children, it has never explored the strong support system available to these children in the US, said FRLS in a 30page report, Not in Their Best Interest, issued this month. The US Government's forcible repatriation of Guantanamo's most traumatized and vulnerable children is creating a serious humanitarian tragedy." "Virtually all of these children [have witnessed those whom they loved and depended on most in the world - mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers - being savagely beaten, raped or killed," FRLS said. The details of the illegal, forced repatriations, the brutal treatment at the camp, and the apathy of the UN. High Commission on Refugees are vividly recounted in the report, which also describes how some children were tricked inic returning through "various ruses" or restrained in handcuffs. Some tried to commit suicide to avoid returning. This review is reprinted from Haiti Info Haiti Info is published every two weeks, and distributed by mail, fax, and electronic mail. Subscription US $20 to $100, depending on location and method of reception. Haitian Information Bureau, c/o Lynx Air, Box 407139, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33340, USA. E-mail: [email protected].
The Bosses' Offensive Anti-union laws and the new management techniques recently published by Socialist Outlook, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU. For a limited period bundled with a six-month subscription to Socialist Outlook newspaper, two copies of Liberation youth quarterly, and one issue of Theory + Practice review for the low price of £6/US $10. Cheques to 'Socialist Outlook Fund. Labour Focus on Eastern Europe issue 50 features a review of East European Social Democratic Parties by Lisi Kauer of the Austrian Renner Institut, "Solidarity in the Caucasus" by Vicken Cheterian, and "The Visegrad States and the European Union" by Peter Gowan. Book reviews cover women and the transformation in Eastern Europe. Sample issue £4.00/$7.00 (plus $2.00 airmail outside Europe), subscription £12.00/$30.00. 30 Bridge Street Extore, SubA, Great Britaine Small
OBA, Great Britain. [email protected] Correction Max Shachtman and his left: A Socialist's Odyssey through the American Century" Peter Drucker, Humanities Press, 1994 [Reviewed by Ann Henderson last month] There are two minor errors in my review of Peter Drucker's book writes Ann Henderson. Shachtman's group in the 1950s was called the Independent, and not the International Socialist League. And although Shachtman's personal stand was doubtful, the IS as such did not support any imperialist force in the period before it dissolved into the Socialist Party in 1958. It is also important to recognise that many former ISL members resisted the 'Shachtmanite degeneration' -including those who joined with Fourth International supporters in 1986 to form the revolutionary socialist group Solidarity. I would also add that Shachtman's rightward turn was not simply the expression of an ideological shift. His support tor United Auto Workers' President Walter Reuther reflects the important sociological aspect of his link with part of the labor bureaucracy. To announce your publication in this free listing, send a sample copy to "Book reviews" c/o International Viewpoint, PECI, BP 85, 75522 Paris cedex 11, France
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